Salmons v. Tait
Supreme Court of Georgia
Case for Words, in Elbert Superior Court. Tried before Judge Thomas, at the September Term, i860. The opinion of Mr. Justice Lumpkin, who pronounced the judgment of the Court in this case, embodies all the facts necessary to a clear understanding of the judgment, wherefore any other statement is omitted.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. —
Lumpkin, J.,
delivering the opinion!
William B. Nelms brought an- action of trespass against Edward B. Tait in Elbert Superior Court. The injury alleged was, that the. defendant had forcibly entered upon the land of plaintiff, cut down, destroyed and ruined the trees growing therein; threw down the fencing and carried away his gate; laying his damages at five hundred dollars. He received one hundred and two dollars with cost.
On the said trial, one Burrell Salmons was sworn and examined as a witness, who testified that there were one hundred or two hundred panels of fence from the…
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